Rancho Cucamonga has expanded restrictions on pedestrian access to the holiday-season attraction

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles face a Hawaiian Santa, across the street, in this festive Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., neighborhood Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Holiday lights are so popular that the city has prohibited pedestrian access on busier nights, Dec. 7-9 and Dec. 14-24, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Visitors to one of San Bernardino County’s most beloved holiday attractions, the Thoroughbred Christmas lights display, are welcome but will need to stay in their cars during what are expected to be the busiest nights.

Under new guidelines approved earlier this year by the Rancho Cucamonga City Council, pedestrians will be barred from strolling portions of Thoroughbred and Jennet streets and Turquoise Avenue for a total of 14 days this season.

No biking or walking through the Thoroughbred Christmas Lights for 14 days this holiday season. This festive Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., neighborhood was photographed Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Logan Barrett, 7, zooms past some of the 12,000 lights at his Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., home Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

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The Thoroughbred Christmas lights in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., are so popular that there’s “No Stopping” from 4 p.m to 11 p.m. Dec. 1- 24th. Signs posted along Thoroughbred at Sapphire Street and others, are pictured. Police issue guidelines for visitors. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Religious, Hawaiian, Ninja Turtles and more themes were displayed at the Thoroughbred Christmas lights display in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

For more than 20 years, the Thoroughbred Christmas lights have attracted visitors from the region and beyond. This Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., neighborhood was photographed Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Holiday greetings are dolled up in every language at this Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., home along Thoroughbred Street near Sapphire Street. Some neighbors complain that the popular, well-decorated neighborhood attracts too many people, bringing noise and traffic making it hard to leave or enter their home. Photographed Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Hawaiian Santa and his palm tree are chained up at this Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., neighborhood on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Some residents are concerned about theft fencing off their property. Others don’t like visitors asking to use the bathroom. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Creativity and humor is seen at the Thoroughbred Christmas lights display in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Visitors cannot walk portions of Thoroughbred and Jennet streets and Turquoise Avenue for a total of 14 days starting Dec. 7. Multi-language holiday greetings are sprinkled throughout this festive Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., home along Thoroughbred near Sapphire Street on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

This dual Ferris wheel, carrying Cabbage Patch Kids, will be lit Friday, Nov. 30, according to the owner. A train and sleigh will also be up and running along Thoroughbred Street. Photographed in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles face a Hawaiian Santa, across the street, in this festive Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., neighborhood Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Holiday lights are so popular that the city has prohibited pedestrian access on busier nights, Dec. 7-9 and Dec. 14-24, 2018. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Pedestrians who tend to gather in large crowds, meanwhile, have created problems for motorists taking in the lights from their cars. According to Rancho Cucamonga police, wait times for motorists were reduced from two hours to 45 minutes on days in 2017 when pedestrians were barred from strolling the scene.